Comments by VP Biden just a short time ago – click to read

VP Biden (talking about lunch with President Obama)

“… After pres signed Recovery Act– we have lunch once a week together– I wrote him an 8-page memo, trying to help him shape the act — a single spaced memo on what i thought we needed to do to monitor it and I slid it down the dining room table. He looked at it and slid it back to me and said” that’s great joe, now you go ahead and do it.” (laughter) That wasn’t supposed to be part of the bargain. By the way, it’s the last memo i slid down the table (laughter). So, all kidding aside….”